The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City